The diversion led to an unusual situation where passengers found themselves in a foreign country without passports and became illegal immigrants.
American Airlines Flight Diversion
On August 7, American Airlines (AA) flight AA36 from Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD), Spain was forced to divert to New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) due to an overflowing lavatory.
a resident of California, Juan Remberto Rivas, entered a guilty plea for attempting to open the exit door on an American Airlines (AA) flight headed to Washington, D.C (DCA).